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Chillingly, the teenagers had taken a butcher knife from her own kitchen with them.

According to authorities, they drove her all the way to Wood Village, near Portland, Oregon.

But she was able to escape when they stopped at a Walmart – at which point, Abel managed to untie her hands, pull a cord to pop the trunk and ran inside for help.

The 86-year-old, of Kennewick, Washington, says she doesn’t know if she will ever be able to forgive her great-grandson after her terrifying ordeal on November 2

Abel said she had been praying her assailants would run out of gas because she was convinced they were plotting to kill her

The great-grandmother was stuffed into the trunk of her own car along with her dog Tessa (pictured)

Although she was not physically injured in the incident, Martin and his friends will be tried as adults due to the serious nature of the crimes.

And Abel is still not sure why she was targeted, but told KOIN: ‘I just cannot understand why and the only reason I can give for it that they wanted money and they wanted my car.’

Martin, 16, along with his friend Billy Underwood, 15, appeared in court last week on suspicion of first and second-degree kidnapping, robbery, joy riding and reckless endangering.

Investigators heard chilling confessions from Martin and Underwood who said they had even considered killing Abel and setting fire to the car with her body still inside.

According to authorities, they drove her all the way to Wood Village, near Portland, Oregon, but she was able to escape when they stopped at a Walmart

She was kidnapped from her own Kennewick, Washington home (pictured) on November 2 at 8pm

An affidavit revealed they had also considered releasing her three miles into a canyon or knocking her unconscious, before she was able to free herself and escape.

Kenfield told police the friends had wanted to run away to Portland so Martin had suggested they stole his great-grandmother's car.

She claimed the boys had kidnapped Abel while she waited outside. She added that she had opened the trunk slightly during the trip to check she was still breathing.

Underwood - the Kenfield's boyfriend - later claimed he had helped put the apron over their victim's head and tied her hands after Martin threw dirt in her face.

They then put her in the trunk so there would not be witnesses.

Martin said he had stolen some cash from his great-grandmother the week before.

Abel’s ordeal began at around 8pm on November 2, when she heard a knock at the door of her home as she was getting ready to watch Dancing with the Stars.

Abel was blindfolded, tied up and stuffed into her own trunk along with her dog before she was driven 200 miles from Kennewick to Wood Village, Oregon

Court documents state that as soon as the octogenarian opened the door, someone threw dirt in her face, covered her eyes and mouth with their hands and pushed her to the ground.

She felt her hands being taped together and something being stuffed in her mouth before her head was covered with an apron.

The great-grandmother was walked out to her own car in her garage before she was lifted up and forced into the trunk of her own car and driven for more than five hours.

She said she had not recognized the voices of her kidnappers.

When she got escaped, she ran into the Walmart store in Wood Village, near Portland - 200 miles away - and told staff to call the police.

There, she was given clothes and food by employees.

The teenagers, who were buying toiletries in the store, fled when they saw Abel had escaped and was talking to a store employee.

But police recognized them from the store's surveillance footage and they were tracked down at a garage across the street.

Abel's neighbors said later they had become concerned about her after they noticed her garage door was open and her car was missing.

She typically only left home to go to the local store or hair salon.

The 86-year-old said she was only able to escape after the three teens stopped at a Walmart in Portland (pictured) where the quick-thinking retiree managed to untie her hands, pull a cord to pop the trunk and ran inside for help